Emmanuel Macron will speak on Wednesday at 8 p.m. to announce new health restrictions.

The option of a reconfinement seeming privileged, many French people rushed to their hairdressing salons on Wednesday, unwilling to reconnect with their mop of the first confinement. 

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The memory of their hair still makes them shudder.

For many French people, reliving confinement with their hair that is too long or with roots that are too visible is out of the question.

While Emmanuel Macron is preparing to announce a new series of health restrictions on Wednesday evening, the prospect of re-containment has prompted more than one to rush to the nearest hairdressing salon.

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"I immediately called my hairdresser"

"In March I was taken aback, like everyone else, so I was left with two or three centimeters of roots", says Danielle, client of the Franck Provost salon in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.

Like her, many clients rushed to make their arrangements on time, but urgently.

"When I heard that we were going to keep only the essential businesses, I told myself that there was a threat. I immediately called my hairdresser", explains a client.

Another adds: "At a moment's notice, I looked on the Internet and I had an appointment an hour later."

Record attendance in salons

As a result, bookings for the show have doubled compared to last Wednesday.

Its 25 hairdressers are completely overwhelmed.

"It started yesterday. Despite the school holidays, we had a very important attendance. This morning at the opening, it was madness. We had a lot of people and our schedules are full until the weekend. ", affirms Romain, manager of the show.

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The trend is the same in other salons and on the internet.

The Treatwell booking platform, specialized in beauty, had its second record day of the year for hair care yesterday.

In the first place is held on May 11, the day of deconfinement.